VMWare p2v keyboard not working

Posted by John Liu on Thursday, December 26, 2019

After converting a physical laptop into a VMWare Workstation, the keyboard might not working. To fix this problem, simply edit following registry entry UpperFilters data value to be ONLY kbdclass. Remove any thing else before or after kbdclass, such as SynTP etc.. This worked for Lenovo laptop.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96B-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}

To be able to modify the registry “without” keyboard, simply using the in-built soft keyboard (On-Screen Keyboard) under All Programs –> Accessories –> Ease of Access –> On-Screen Keyboard